Please print out a copy of
Experimental and analytic predictions
(.ps or
.pdf)
for guidance on presenting data in computer science
classes.

As you know, plain graph paper is universally helpful for presenting
data. Semi-log paper is useful for presenting rapidly growing
functions. In particular, if you print an exponential function on
semi-log paper, you'll end up with a straight line. The slope of the
line determines the base of the exponent. If you turn semi-log paper
on it's side, you can use it to plot logarithmic functions; again, you
should get a straight line.

On log-log paper, polynomials end up looking like straight lines. The
slope of the line determines the degree of the polynomial.

If you've never seen log-paper before, the bottom row (marked ``1'')
is 1 unit. The next line marked ``1'' is 10 units. The next ``1''
after that is 100 units, then 1000. The very top line would be
100,000 on the 5-cycle semi-log paper.